Exodus 13:22

22 The column of smoke was always in front of the people during the day. The column of fire was always there at night.

Exodus 13:22 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 13:22

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day
It always appeared in the daytime, and was a guide and shelter: nor the pillar of fire by night, [from] before the people;
this continued till they came through the wilderness to the borders of the land of Canaan, when they needed it no longer, and then it left them; for when they passed over Jordan the ark went before them, ( Joshua 3:6 ) .

Exodus 13:22 In-Context

20 They moved from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.

21 By day the LORD went ahead of them in a column of smoke to lead them on their way. By night he went ahead of them in a column of fire to give them light so that they could travel by day or by night.

22 The column of smoke was always in front of the people during the day. The column of fire was always there at night.